The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-26
NEW YORK AS A SUMMER RESORT.
What a New Yorker Has to Say on This
Rather Novel subject.

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NEW YORK, June 25.--It may be start
ing proposition that the metropolis is one of
the most delightful stunner4leas,tre resorts
on the continent, but there is really good
ground for the assertion. Probably the
host of New Workers who now crowd the
outgoing trains and boats on their way to
summer homes in the mountains or by lake
OF river, VIII not be willing to concede this
put great host of other Gothamites, and
many wise countrymen who have been there,
wlu tully indorSe the opinion expressed.
fufe alr, lnvigorating breezeS, and beauti-
tul wonderful tonic for aching
muscle and weary brain-are here to be had
in superabmdance
10 be sure, one will not find these bless
lngs IN the sqaalid quarters Of the almond
eyed Celestial or the filth-reelling tenement
mouse regions. There foul odorS and a fever
laden atmosphere do most abound, and one
Is glad when he can shake the dirt of such
places from his shoes and flee away. But In
the more favored localities, where the streets
are broader and cleaner, the people neater,
ana the elevation greater than that of the
poverty-Stricken quarters, the atmosphere is
far wholesomer. Fresh sea breezes, too, sweep
ing over the city temper the suns rays, and
often one may be as comfortable here on
summers day as at many rural retreats
further inland
And then one is within reach of SO many
pleasant places to which daily excursions
may be made. You may have moantain
scenery or seaShore experiences, the peace
fu flow of beautiful river, orthe noisy tu-
multi of great popular resort whenever
you choose and i'll rapid succession. To start
with, there is Central Park, where he may
follow the winding paths into wooded secli-
taaNx
IN some far away rnral retreat. The faint, dis
tant hum Of the ever busy city only lulls us
to grateful quiet and rest. The eye rests
on beautiful meadow, luxuriant foliage,
clear, crystal lslSe---all that the most ardent
lover of nature could ask for-and
health. strength, inspiration may be had as
we take deep draughts of the pure air.
In the other direction our steps lead us
toward the Battery, no mean place for a
brief holiday Indeed, the New Yorker of
the old Dutch times made it his daily resort,
The fashionable promenade, where after the
business of the day was over, burgher met
burgher to discuss questions of moment, and
dame and lass shone in all the quaint finery
OF knlckerbocker days. Just out Of the tll-
mutt OF the street. we may even now pass a
pleasant hour seated on a bench under its
shady trees, watching the shipping in the
harbor, the fresh sea breeze tanning our
cheek, and the waves breaking with rhyth-
mic swash against the granite wall at our
feet. Clearly lined against the sky we see
the gigantic figure of the Statue of Liberty,
directly opposite us is Governors Island,
with its white house and gloomy old fort
Brooklyn, too, and Staten Island spread out
before us, while in the foreground is an ever
changing and curious panorama-the ship
pings of a world--vesseis of every conceiv-
able character, from the sprightly, noisy,
putting little tug to the great ocean steam
ship, vessels from England and France, from
Holland, from the Oriental regions, from
nobody knows where.
Is this too tame an occupation? Does
your restless, nervous New World tempera-
ment move you to seek the wild dissip petition
of the popular resort9 Then Coney Island
will amply fill the bill 1t is within easy
reach and You may go there for an hour or
for day. There is the hugely constructed
elephant, built for hotel, and visible far
out to sea, and the artificial cow, as large as
an ordinary house, from which is drawn
ice-cold milk; here is a Punch and Judy
show, there an immense hotel with its
thousand employees; there stands a lung
tester with bis curious machine; beyond you
see great bathing pavilion where thou
sands may disrobe for the delightful plunge
into the surf; here on the sandy beach you
of monstrosities, further on, aflying circus
but hold, enoughl Who can tell all the at
fractions of this carnival at Donny.
brook Fair and Saengerfest combina-
| ton.
Or, if all this mad revelry does not suit
your taste, there is Staten Island, or Brook
Ign and Greenwood Cemetery--cties of resi-
dences and city Of the dead-where one
may pass many hours in sightseeing or
quiet meditation. There are daylight trip,
too, up the Hudson, through the Palisases
and the magnificent scenery beyond steam
ers making trips fifty miles out into the At
lantic for days fishing: others to land you
at Long Branch and Cape May; or If you
prefer, at points on the sound.
Indeed, with headquarters in the city and
| frequent excursions to seashore, mountain,
lake and stream within the compass of a
days experience, one may spend the heated
term in New York with quite as much com
fort and enjoyment as he would have-in the
crowded, inconvenient fashionable watering
places further away.
But we seek novelty in this age, and so the
| Gothamite escapes to the mountains and the
countryman fills his carpet-bag and HES him
away TO the metropolis.
Perhaps they are both wise.
A. TIFFANY NORTON.